Aging and the energetic cost of life

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1768-1769

  Ferrucci, Luigi ^a   Schrack, Jennifer A ^a   Knuth, Nicolas D ^a   Simonsick, Eleanor M ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; COST OF LIVING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENERGY TRANSFER; FITNESS; FRAIL ELDERLY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEALTH STATUS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERMETABOLISM; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LONGEVITY; MALNUTRITION; METABOLIC RATE; METABOLIC REGULATION; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BASAL METABOLISM; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS;

EID: 84866412641     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04102.x     Document Type: Editorial

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